Metallic railroad-tie and fastener



P. SALAMON.

METALLIC RAILROAD TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATIQN FILED FEB.2,192I.

Patented M129, 1921.

FIG.1.

FIGLQH Frai UNHTEE PETER SALAMON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILROAD-TIE AND FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed February 2, 1921. Serial No. 441,833.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, PETER SALAMON, a citizen of Poland, residing atPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railroad-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. .This'invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallicrailroad ties and fasteners and has particular reference to an improvedcomposite tie embodying a main body portion formed with rail seats andhaving rail adapted for removable reception of a secondary plate memberso that the latter is held. upon the main member or body of the tie bythe rails, thebody member being adapted for. being embedded in ballastor the like with the plate member flush with the upper surface of theballast or roadway.

Another object of the invention is to provide a railroad tie of thiskind which may be reversed when desired so that both :the

view in longitudinal section upper andlower portions of the same may beutilized and the life of the tie prolonged.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the

same consisting in the novel form, combina tion and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described: and shown in the ac companyingdrawings, in which like refer ence characters indicate similar partsthroughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevational View of a tie constructed in accordancewith the present invention, with rails operatively fastened thereon andshown in transverse section,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown inFig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail upon line IIL-IH of Fig. 2,

Fig. e is a transverse sectional view upon line IVIV of Fig. 2, andvFig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one end portion of the maintie member.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present inventionembodiesa main tie member or body 5 including a plate-dike connectingmember 6 with enlarged ends 7 integral therewith and with reducedextensions 8 projecting from the outer ends of the enlarged portion 7the portions 6, 7 and 8 being of similar width, while the por fasteningmeans and tions 6 and 8 are of the same thickness and the enlargedportion 7 projects above and below the. portions 6 and 8 a similardistance. The upper and lower faces of the ei'ilarged portions 7 aretransversely grooved to provide rail seats 9 in which the rails 10 aresuitably fastened as by means of clamping plates 11 of the usual angularform with the vertical portions thereof engaging the webs of the railsat opposite 'sidesand with the horizontal portions thereof seated uponthe-upper faces of the bottom flanges of the rails and upon the upperfaccs of the portions 7 of the tie. at opposite sides of-the seats 9.These clamps may be fastened in place by means of stud bolts 12 passingthrough apertures provided for the same in the horizontal flanges of theplates 11 and threaded intothreadedsockets .13 provided in the enlargedend portions/7 at opposite sides of eachof the seats 9.

Afsurface plate .member 14 of slightly greater width andlength than thebottom member 5- and of-about the, same thickness as the projectingportions of the enlarged end members 7 is provided with end open ingsl5of sucha size and shape as to snugly receive the projecting portions ofthese end members 7iwith ithe remaininggreater portions of the plate 1 Lresting upon the portions6 and 8 of the tie member or body 5. The plate14- is thus in the nature. of a steadying elen'ient adapted to be onlyslightly embedded in the ballast or the roadbed, and it is provided withtransverse grooves 16' coincidingwith the seats 9, which grooves 16provide further seats for the rails 10. The plate It is thus efiectivelyheld tothe body member 5 of the tie by the rails, and said plate 14; maybe disposed upon the projecting portions of the enlarged ends 7 I i soas to use either the upper or under seats of the body memberv 5, ifdesired.

It is believed that the construction and operation as well asthe mannerof use and advantages of the present invention will be readilyunderstood and appreciated from the foregoing description by thoseskilled in the art.

Minor changes maybe made without dc parting from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A reversible metallic railroad tie including a body member formed ofan intermediate connecting plate portion having integral enlarged endmembers of similar width and with projecting similar portions extendingabove and below the plane of the connecting portion and provided withtransverse rail seat forming grooves, anda surface plate having endopenings for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlargedends so as to snugly seat upon the connecting portion, said surfaceplate being provided with transverse grooves registering with theaforesaid seat forming grooves and adapted to receive rails thereinwhere by the surface plate is held upon the body member of the tie, andmeans to fasten the rails in said seats.

2. A reversible metallic railroad tie including a body member formed ofan intermediate connecting plate portion having integral enlarged endmembers of similar width and with projecting similar portions extendingabove and below the plane of the connecting portion and provided withtransverse rail seat forming grooves, a surface plate having endopenings for snug reception of the projecting portions of the enlargedends so as to snugly seat upon the connecting portion, said surfaceplate being provided with transverse grooves registering with theaforesaid seat forming grooves and adapted to receive rails thereinwhereby the surface plate is held upon the body member of the tie, meansto fasten the rails in said seat-s, said last named means includingclamping plates, said projecting portions of the en arged end membersbeing provided with threaded sockets, and stud bolts passing through theclamping plates and threaded into the threaded sockets.

3. The combination with a metallic tie body member including anintermediate plate-like connecting member with integral enlarged endmembers thereon, and projecting portions upon the outer ends of saidenlarged end members, of a surface plate having end openings adapted forsnug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends of saidbody member so as to flatly seat upon the upper faces of the connectingportion and the projections, said projecting portions of the endmembers, and the portions of the surface plate at opposite sides of theprojecting portions. of the enlarged end members being provided withsimilar alined grooves, and means to fasten railroad rails within saidgrooves and to the body member.

4:- The combination with a metallic tie body member including anintermediate plate-like connecting member with integral enlarged endmembers thereon, and projecting portions upon the outer ends of saidenlarged end members, of a surface plate having end openings adapted forsnug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends of saidbody member so as to flatly seat upon the upper faces of the connectingportion and the projections, said projecting portions of the endmembers, and the portions of the surface plate at opposite sides of theprojecting portions of the enlarged end mem bers being provided withsimilar alined grooves, means to fasten railroad rails within saidgrooves and to the body member, the enlarged end portions, connectingportion. and projections all being of the same width, and the projectingportions of the end mem bers being similar at opposite sides whereby thetie may be reversibly employed with the surface plate securable uponeither of the opposite faces of said connecting portion and projections.

The combination with a metallic tie body member including anintermediate plate-like connecting member with integral enlarged endmembers thereon, and projecting portions upon the outer ends of saidenlarged end members, of a surface plate having end openings adapted forsnug reception of the projecting portions of the enlarged ends of saidbody member so as to flatly seat upon theupper fac'es of the-connee-ting portion and the projectionsysaid projecting portions of theend members, and the portions of the surface plate at opposite "sides ofthe projecting portions of the enlarged end members being provided withsimilar alined grooves, means to fasten railroad rails within saidgrooves and to the body member, the enlarged end portions,

. connecting portion and projections all being of the same width, andthe projecting portions of the end members being similarv at oppositesides whereby the tie may bereversibly employed with the surface platesecurable upon either of the opposite faces of said connecting portionand projections, and said surface plate being of slightly greater widthand length than the body member so as to provide a steadying element. Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v 7PETER SAL'AMON.

Witnesses: j

ALEXIS BUmiovI'rz,

PETER KRECKMANN.

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